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Chris Doward

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Born in South London. Moved from Southwark to Norfolk many moons ago. Will probably end up posting mostly the landscape around Sheringham. The penny dropped and the mechanism emitted a faint whirring noise.

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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 3d

"Fetch boy! I said fetch - must say your dog gets bored with games quickly."
"Yes, I'm afraid I've got a short attention spaniel."

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Birmingham 81 @birmingham81.bsky.social · 5d

Le Brasilia's stunning staircase. My photo taken in Marseille in 2017

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Bethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 13d

I have been traveling and today I present to you...the thing I saw in the Frankfurt airport.

Is it efficient? Undeniably. Does it probably work better than the normal way? Oh certainly. Produce less of a mess? Probably?

But the existence of Condiment Udders gives me a deep, aghast disquiet.

A hotdog and pretzel stand with large hanging bottles of mustard, ketchup, and mayonnaise. The bottoms contain squeeze tubes to dispense the condiments.

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Moley𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕄𝕠𝕝𝕖 @moleymole.bsky.social · 15d

Braquage! #Louvre

Feathers McGraw wanted poster - ‘have you seen this chicken?’ Translated into school French “recherché - avez vous vu ce poulet?” [spoiler- we know the ‘chicken’ is really a penguin with a rubber glove on its head in disguise]

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James Chalmers @jameschalmers.bsky.social · 15d

This remains the funniest way to hear about an internet outage, though.

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A woman who rang ABC Sydney radio said she found out about the Optus outage from her cat.

The cat has an automatic wi-fi feeder (connected to Optus) & when breakfast wasn't delivered at 6:10 am, the cat went to the bedroom to lodge a complaint with management.

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Simon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social · 16d

"Parking is such sweet sorrow"

Sky News @news.sky.com · 17d

Shakespeare family home damaged by reversing driver

A 17th-century building that housed William Shakespeare's family has been left damaged after a driver reversed into it.

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Chris Doward @chrisdoward.bsky.social · 17d

Poppies in the morning sun, Weybourne Station, North Norfolk Railway. 18/10/25. @icelass.bsky.social

Poppies catching the morning sun, Weybourne Station, 18/10/25.

A zoomed in photo of poppies catching the morning sun, Weybourne Station, 18/10/25.

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Chris Doward @chrisdoward.bsky.social · 19d

It is not to possible to access the North Wales lines from Platform 5 at Crewe, only from Platform 6 and above. I think it was usually Platform 11.

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Chris Doward @chrisdoward.bsky.social · 20d

Seeing we're on a Class 87 theme, here's one of my favourite photos: 87006 'City of Glasgow' heading north from platform 5 at Crewe after being detached from its' train on a Sunday around 36 years ago. @doublearrow64.bsky.social

87006 'City of Glasgow' leaving platform 5 at Crewe light engine on a Sunday after working a train from London Euston. 87006 is heading for the Manchester lines which head off to the right of the picture. Photo probably taken around midday as the sun is pretty much head on to the rear cab. Loco in early Inter-City livery, with yellow ends and a BR double arrow just visible on the bodyside of 87006. The West Coast Main Line to Liverpool and Scotland disappears into the distance to the right of 87006. Lots of structures to support the overhead wires are visible. 87006 is framed between the post of signal CE157, shunt signal visible, and a stanchion on the right.

Chris Doward @chrisdoward.bsky.social · 20d

The loco behind 87030 in the previous photo is 87027 'Wolf of Badenoch'

Class 87 locomotives 87027 'Wolf of Badenoch' and 87030 'Black Douglas' at Euston around 1990. Both locomotives are in early versions of Inter-City livery, which the band extending around the cab of 87027, where 87030 has full yellow ends up to the front windows. 87027 has normal size numbers, while 87030 has larger ones.

Chris Doward @chrisdoward.bsky.social · 20d

Or May 1989 to be correct.

Chris Doward @chrisdoward.bsky.social · 20d

My photo of 87030 at Euston, probably 1990/91, with large numbers and a larger arrow symbol than 87021 just visible in the gloom. I'm sure I've got a colour photo of 87030 from May 1990 but that may be lost in the mists of time.

Black and white photo of Class 87 87030 'Black Douglas' just peaking from the gloom at London Euston around 1990/1991. The 87 is in Inter-City livery with a full yellow end and large numerals on the cab beneath the driver's window. BR double-arrow symbol just visilbe in the gloom, centre-right of the photo.

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Coates is Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 20d

It’s the 111th anniversary today of the birth of Harry Rée, who was a teacher and conscientious objector when the Second World War broke out, and by the time it ended, when he was 31, had invented ‘blackmail sabotage’ and got a DSO, an OBE, a Croix de Guerre, and a Medaille de la Resistance

b/w photo of a man in socks and sandals, jacket, short and jumper, in front of a wall with a bike leaning on it, and with a pipe in his mouth. If you wanted one image to sum up the word ‘nonchalant’, this would be it

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Andrew Orton @andreworton.bsky.social · 23d

The death of multi-camera TV: a thread. I know most of you will know the technical parts of this (and may have read it in the other place) but bear with me. 1/ 🧵

A shot from the studio rehearsal of Doctor Who: The Daleks' Master Plan episode 'Volcano', showing several actors ont he TARDIS set, with various video cameras around the scene.

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Chris Doward @chrisdoward.bsky.social · 27d

Raindrops on nasturtium leaves. 08/10/25.

Monochrome image of raindrops on a nasturtium leaf, 08/10/25. Leaf fills up most of the photo, with the stalk at the right end of the photo with veins radiating out from it. A large water droplet fills where the stalk meets the leaf. Various droplets of a large size line the vein heading out to the left, surrounded by lots of smaller droplets.

Monchrome image of water droplets on a nasturtium leaf, 08/10/25. A large droplet has formed where the leaf joins the stalk and veins radiate out. At the far left are a large number of droplets of various sizes.

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Simon Hendy @simonhendy.bsky.social · Sep 27

Some rather splendid yarn bombing in Westbury-on-Trym this morning.

Westbury-on-Trym WI yarnbombing on a postbox

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Coates is Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · Sep 17

Roses are red
Sweetly sings the lark

Telegraph headline: Aggressive goats, with taste for human urine, are airlifted out of park. Image shows mountain goats in slings dangling from a helicopter over trees

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Dreadnought Holiday @dreadships.bsky.social · Sep 11

Despite easily being the most British fighting vehicle ever developed, the mock-Tudor AT-AT programme was sadly cancelled due to budgetary concerns

The Old Wellington Inn in Manchester, being jacked up on stilts to the new street level during redevelopment. It definitely looks like it's about to waddle out of the picture.

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Professor Peter Matthews @urbaneprofessor.bsky.social · Sep 7

This frontispiece in my book just made me laugh a lot. Is this Buddhist reincarnation, or some other form of afterlife?

Bram Stoker
1847-1912
A PENGUIN SINCE 1979

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Patrick Vallely @pjvphotography.bsky.social · Aug 28

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?"

Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

Tighter crop of the same pika, focusing on its head.

An even tighter crop, focusing more on the pika's eye.

An extremely tight crop of the pika's eye, emphasizing their reflection of an early morning mountain scene.

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Ron Sexsmith @ronsexsmith.bsky.social · Aug 13

DRAGONS DEN: So it says here you have an idea for
a new breakfast cereal?
ME: That's right! It's sort of like Alpha Bits cereal
but with numbers instead of letters...
DRAGONS DEN: I see, and you think this would be successful?
ME: Yes, in fact I've already crunched the numbers RS

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Chris Doward @chrisdoward.bsky.social · Jul 31

She worked in the Neals Yard Rough Trade mid-1990s. I brought the second Tindersticks album from her.

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derek van vliet @derek.bike · Jul 30

good morning

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Chris Doward @chrisdoward.bsky.social · Jul 30

@simonhendy.bsky.social @lunacytowers.bsky.social Dame Aunty Susan has received her package and would like to thank M'Lord and M'Lady for the thought. She was heard to exclaim "It's an real buscuit tin" I think she is going to enjoy it. Thank you, both.

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Philippe Auclair @philippeauclair.bsky.social · Jul 29

"It started as a shit idea" to strengthen the local community.

This is "cowpat lotto", as invented and played in northern France, near Azincourt (*the* Azincourt) where three lucky winners share the loot if their cow (goats also accepted) drop their load on their selected square.

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